Peter Ives

Well it what Trump means by ‘rule’ that is bully with threats of violence , how he governs the US too

Donald Trump warns Venezuelan rulers as Washington prepares to dictate policy US president says Latin American nation’s post-Maduro leader must give Washington ‘total access’

It could not be more clear by ‘running the country’ Trump means bullying with coercion, that is how he run the US too. www.ft.com/content/fed6...

What Rubio wants the oil profits to go to the people not a group of elites…. Why does the start with the US?

Mexico condemns U.S. military action in Venezuela, capture of Maduro Mexico on Saturday condemned U.S. military action in Venezuela and the capture of that country’s president, Nicolas Maduro, warning that the operation “seriously jeopardizes regional stability.”

If you had any spine to support democracy your statement be more like Mexico’s:
“Based on its foreign policy principles and its pacifist vocation, Mexico makes an urgent call to respect international law, as well as the principles and purposes of the U.N. www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/ja...

What an outrageous response to illegal international aggression!! Canada must do better!!!!

Another great oration from today “Let equity not be a promise but a practice“. Imam Khalid Latif #mamdani

“a new politics and a new approach to power” — let’s hope this is the beginning of a movement that will sweep across America and beyond

Cancel Culture’s Boomerang Effect How we got to a place where free speech means whatever conservatives want to say

This is all true but totally inadequate. If calling out hypocrisy was sufficient we never would have had the anti-cancel culture group think from the left and right. The left was duped and needs to be much more serious about what free speech means. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

Palestinian group praises Nakba exhibit coming to Canadian Human Rights while Jewish organization pans move | CBC News A new exhibit on the Nakba, recounting the personal experiences of Canadian Palestinians who fled or were forced from their homes in 1948, is coming to the Canadian Museum for Human Rights. However, a...

I'm very critical of the IHRA definition of 'antisemitism' but explain to me how specifically by its example, "Holding Jews collectively responsible for actions of the state of Israel." Wouldn't "consulting" the Canadian Jewish community in this case be antisemitic?
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The ray of hope that is #Mamdani appoints Lina Khan to his transition team— how cool is that!!!

@nytimes.com has been so disappointing for so long, this piece explains it well. My hope is that the growing movement that Mamdani represents will reveal to mainstream ‘liberal’ readers how it’s so problematic

In the intro issue of New Left Review, Stuart Hall noted, “The humanist strengths of socialism—which are the foundations for a genuinely popular socialist movement—must be developed in cultural and social terms, as well as in economic and political.“

Zohran Kwame Mamdani‘s campaign got the point!

YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC Today is only the beginning.

Today is only the beginning.

Our time has come, New York. Our time is now.

Chris Murphy: "There's a lot of history that has taken place in the East Wing & it was just destroyed without any conversation in the public, without any consent of Congress. It's absolutely illegal. That visual is powerful b/c you're watching destruction of the rule of law as those walls come down"

BREAKING: Proposed Carleton policy would limit freedom of speech on campus, advocates say - The Charlatan, Carleton's independent newspaper Advocacy groups at Carleton University say the university's proposed institutional impartiality policy would limit free speech on campus.

@carleton.ca has not succeeded dodging problems of pretended ‘neutrality’ with ‘impartiality,’ the purpose of universities is to be partial on the side of credible knowledge and responsibility but ‘academic freedom’ may be a better approach charlatan.ca/carleton-pol... #freeexpression #freespeech

The viewpoint diversity debate in Canadian universities - University Affairs Taking free inquiry seriously means rejecting unverified crisis narratives.

An excellent article by @malindasmith.bsky.social ! universityaffairs.ca/opinion/the-...

A useful illustration of the limits of the misuse of terms to try to score points?

#freespeech #freeexpression

Confronting residential schools denialism is an ethical and shared Canadian responsibility Residential schools denialism is harmful on many levels, and jeopardizes Canada’s ability to work with Indigenous Peoples to create a stronger future.

An excellent article on the harms of residential school denialism. theconversation.com/confronting-...

Five corporations control 90% of the US media market.

Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.

Four giants control 80% of meat processing.

A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.

The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.

Donald Trump says he is deploying troops to Portland, Oregon Apparently misled by hyperbolic reporting from conservative outlets on a single small protest, president described peaceful city as ‘war ravaged’

Please explain to me how this utter abuse of state power to silence protest and override the #FirstAmendment is not garnering the level of outrage that the canceling of #Kimmel did. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Donald Trump says he is deploying troops to Portland, Oregon Apparently misled by hyperbolic reporting from conservative outlets on a single small protest, president described peaceful city as ‘war ravaged’

Please explain to me how this blatant abuse of govt power to silence protest is not garnering the level of outrage that the canceling of Kimmel did. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

All the more reason to refrain, if possible, from travelling to the US. I am foregoing what I’m sure will be a fabulous conference in NYC but it’s a trifle compared to the unlawful deportations etc

Now is the time for the Canadian government to back off its terrible vision for Canada Post and offer new services like a not for profit social media platform, banking, and parcel service that fits the 21st century #postalstrike #goCUPW

It does— I mean “conservatism” has been a tricky category since Burke… but having to explain to “conservative” students that Hayek and Trump have little in common can be frustrating for them

Confronting residential schools denialism is an ethical and shared Canadian responsibility Residential schools denialism is harmful on many levels, and jeopardizes Canada’s ability to work with Indigenous Peoples to create a stronger future.

An excellent article on the harms of residential school denialism. theconversation.com/confronting-...

Indeed, but this intimidation is very real precisely because “Antifa” is not a defined organization, they can and will go after whoever they wish.

Rethinking Free Speech We need to rethink free speech to better address diverse goals from knowledge production to democratic participation and individual expression.

I often say that I didn't really choose to write, fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/rethink..., it chose me. So sadly no, and Trump's ramping up state censorship certainly takes away any nuance that may have been left

Marcetic in @jacobinmagazin.bsky.social makes excellent points, but this censorship is not like the Dem's fumbling attempts to regulate the cesspool of social media and its billions of profit. Its bullying the spineless corporate media world to enforce the shift to Trump's personal power.

University of Toronto building shut down, police investigating threat, amid backlash to professor’s X post While Ruth Marshall's comments were widely characterized as having concerned Charlie Kirk, evidence suggests a different context

When first read about Ruth Marshall’s tweet I couldn’t imagine a context that would change the interpretation but thats the thing about language and context …. pressprogress.ca/university-o...